Some games flourish on multiple platforms. Some should stay on console. Take Street Fighter IV, a complicated, rich 2D fighting game that requires precise control and tactile feedback to pull off complicated combos and attacks. A game like that begs for a gamepad or ideally, a fight stick, yet it still finds its way on platforms that have no business hosting this kind of experience.
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Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s Street Fighter IV for iPhone. I’ll be frank: the internets can play home to all manner of bullocks. From Tommy Hilfiger dropping the n-word on Oprah to aliens plotting 9-11 [...]
I can vividly recall the first time that I met HipHopGamer; actually, the first time that I saw him. I was at an Activision party watching some skinny-pantsed hipsters spin the virtual wax, when I saw a dude bop into the room with a god damned wrestling belt strapped over his shoulder. I thought that [...]
Virtual Vox Pop is a weekly open mic in which we ask you, the reader, to sound off on a particular topic. This week, it’s Capcom’s stance on sprites. Street Fighter IV is awesome fighter that brought hardcore fighting back to the mainstream. Tatsunoko vs. Capcom is a a damned fine fighting game that manages [...]
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger may have had more flash, and King of Fighters XII may have presented a more stunning visual overhaul, but Capcom’s Street Fighter IV put fighters back on the map in 2009. Featuring a roster comprised of the classic Street Fighter II characters blended with a few new faces, Focus Attacks, and Ultra [...]
Wondering if Street Fighter IV’s PC release will run on your rig? Capcom released a benchmark program for you to find out. Over at 4Gamer.net you can download a 397MB zip file with a benchmark program that – – after a lengthy installation – – runs through a match between Ryu and Sakura for your [...]
I can’t front: When the news first broke that a fighter entitled Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes was being developed, I cried “poppycock” and “shenanigans” (in that precise order). Then as I studied the screens and realized that it was indeed a legit title (or the sprite work of a helluva MUGEN contributor), [...]
